Clive James reviews the week's TV, including The Americans, Wimbledon and Glastonbury, and applauds the show The Rolling Stones put on. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Clive James reviews the week's TV, including how Ashton Agar caught his imagination and a BBC Four cricketing drama about Kerry Packer. ____________________________________________________________________________

Clive James: Cate Campbell made this Australian proud Clive James reviews the week's TV, including the World Swimming Championships, Horizon and The Trip. ______________________________________________________________________________________

Australia's Cate Campbell smiles as she holds the gold medal she won in the Women's 100m freestyle final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AP

Congratulations, Kevin, on helping the total 'views' on this thread pass the 100k mark! [I only just reformatted the index in time, to prevent the extra digit buggering up the justification ]

SJB

PS: I was walking on Jesus Green (among other places) a couple of nights ago, lamenting to myself CVLJ's plight, and regretting I wouldn't be able to make Pete's O2 concert this weekend. All: don't miss this one! The maestro has a few new songs in his gig bag that I haven't heard yet.

This week's television, including Make Me a German and Das Auto, grappled with the subject of Germany's post-war success, says Clive James. ____________________________________________________________________________________________

In BBC Two’s Make Me a German, Justin and Bee Rowlett set out on a mission to overcome cultural differences.

Clive James: Alan Whicker's way with words Clive James reviews the week's TV, including BBC Four's posthumous tribute to Alan Whicker, The Social Network and The Newsroom. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Are you going to…? The late presenter Alan Whicker visited San Francisco in a repeat broadcast of Journey of a Lifetime on BBC Four Photo: September Films

Clive James reviews this week's television, including Cliff Morgan: A Lifetime of Achievement (BBC One), Breaking Bad (Netflix) and What Remains (BBC One).

Anyone else bingeing, like Clive, on the excellent Breaking Bad, please be assured that the actor playing protagonist Walt 'Heisenberg' White is one Bryan Cranston, and not anyone else you might know...

Clive James reviews this week's television, including Simon Schama's The Story of the Jews (BBC Two), Battle: Los Angeles (Channel 4) and Sound of Cinema: the Music that Made the Movies (BBC Four). _____________________________________________________________________________________

Enthralling: James Stewart and Kim Novak in Vertigo – Bernard Herrmann’s score was discussed in Sound of Cinema on BBC Four Photo: Alamy